Improper: A-C
#11
by
Mike Richardson.
After the Flu
by
Dean Snipes.
Al's Safeway Produce
by
Robert Cromartie.
A Pirate's Life for Me
by
Nathaniel Jack.
[IMPROPER: Id DIR-PROG for the gypsy]
Nbr bal&swing(4+12).
Pass through to an ocean wave(4) [“pass the ocean”],
bal-the-wave(4). Everyone spin/slide right, with Gents sliding
two places to snag L-hands(3); Gents
L-allemand to face partner(5).
Partner bal&swing(4+12).
Ladies dosido 1.5(8).
Gypsy current nbr(8), to face new nbr.
Nils Fredland | Perpetual e-Motion.
Charlie Dyer | Briarpickers.
Aw Shucks
by
Carol Kopp.
Ben's spin-off #3
by
Gene Hubert.
Broken Sixpence
by
Don Armstrong.
[IMPROPER: 3 dosido's]
[New] Nbr dosido(8). Gents dosido(8).
Ladies dosido(8).
ONEs swing, face down the hall(8), step between TWOs.
Line4-DTHall, turn alone(6+2).
Line4-UTHall, bend the line(6+2).
Circle left(8) [or Right-hand Star].
[Reverse] Left-hand Star(8).
Inisheer Irish Dance |
Contra from 15:58 till 21:22, Jonathan King calling | Waltz.
* NBR balance&swing(4+12)
[on the side].
* Long-lines, roll-away while backing up(8).
ONEs swing, face down the hall(8), step between TWOs.
California Twirlin
by
Janet Levatin.
[IMPROPER:
Teach: Pass-though one couple; Couple-out
have lady on right, as usual]
Ring-bal(4).
W. partner Cal-twirl, then face back in(4) [same-four].
Ring-bal(4). W. nbr Cal-twirl, then face back in(4) [same-four].
Ring-bal(4). W. partner Cal-twirl
to face new nbrs(4).
Swing this new nbr(8).
Circle left 3-places(8).
Partner swing(8).
Ladies chain(8).
Long lines, and on the way back, Nbr roll away with half sashay: lady rolling left.(8).
Rick-Mohr | Crowfoot.
Centrifugal Hey
by
Gene Hubert.
[IMPROPER:]
Nbr allemand-R 1.5 (8).
Gents allemand-L 1.5 (8).
Full hey, Ladies pass partner by R (8).
[Prtnr-R Ladies-L Nbr-R Gents-L]
Partner bal&swing(4+12).
Rights-and-lefts across(8). Circle-left 3 places,
pass through to new nbr(8).
Polly-Wolly-Amorous
by
Joey Norton.
[BECKET, std-single-prog:
Double-contra, 128 beats.
If extra couple, they get on left diagonal.
Gent, your Hey-buddy=shadow, is the lady in your
L-hand, when you becketized.]
Circle left 3-places(8), Nbr swing(8).
On left-diagonal, Ladies chain(8).
[Straight across] Ladies start half-hey(8).
Bal&swing your Hey-buddy(4+12).
Long-lines(8).
(Turn to face) Partner swing(8). [Couple out, swing Ptr who is across from
you, but THEN Couple get on left-diagonal.]
Circle left 3-places(8), Nbr swing(8).
On Left-Diagonal, Ladies chain(8).
[Straight across] Ladies start half-hey(8).
[Face Ptnr] Partner swing(8). Long-lines(8).
On Left-Diagonal, Rights-&-lefts(8).
[Straight across] Rights-&-lefts(8).
Chain the Hey
by
Becky Hill.
[IMPROPER:]
Nbr dosido, then swing(8+8).
Gents allemand-L 1.5, partner swing(8+8).
[short swing]
With partner, promenade across(8).
Rights-and-lefts across(8).
Ladies start half-hey(8), to Ladies chain(8).
[Turn to face new nbrs]
David Keller | Playing with Fire.
Chorus Jig
by
trad.
[
PROPER: contra-corners]
ONEs go down the outside and back.
ONEs go down the center and back, then cast one place.
ONEs turn contra-corners(4+4+4+4).
ONEs balance and swing and end facing up
[to prepare to walk down the outside].
Will Mentor | Great Bear Trio.
Chuck the Budgie
by
Rick Mohr.
[IMPROPER: Single progression]
Gents allemand-L(6). Swing nbr(10).
Circle-left 3/4 (6). Swing partner(10).
Long lines(8).
Ladies allemand-R 1.5 (8);
join L-hands with Nbr to form a wave-of-four.
Bal-the-wave(4).
Nbr allemand-L 3/4 to form long wave [Gents face out](4).
Balance the long-wave(4).
Allemand-R with next nbr 3/4 (4).
Steve Zakon-Anderson |
Perpetual e-Motion.
The Carousel
by
Tom Hinds.
[IMPROPER:]
Long-lines(8).
Ladies allemand-L 1.5 (8).
[End nose-to-nose with partner, Ladies facing out.]
Full-hey(16), start by passing partner by R-shoulder.
Partner bal&swing(4+12) [on gent's home side].
Circle left 3-places(8). Nbr swing(8).
David Keller | Playing with Fire.
Cranky Ingenuity
by
Bill Olson.
[IMPROPER: Dosido as couples]
Circle-left(8). As couples, dosido nbr-couple(8).
Individually, nbr dosido(8). Swing nbr(8).
Gents allemand-L 1.5 (8).
Partner Swing(8).
Circle-left 3/4 (8). Ring-balance(4).
California Twirl(4), to face new nbrs.
Myra Hirschberg |
Mike Ayles & David Boulanger.
Alice Morris.
CJ's Delight by
Amy Kahn.
Improper: D-H
Delphiniums and Daisies
by
Tanya Rotenberg.
Double Dolphin Hey
by
Jonathan King.
(Aug. 2013)
[IMPROPER:]
[A dolphin-hey is a hey-for-3, with the two ONEs acting as a single person.
To turn-around, each pivots in place; now #1Lady is in front of
#1Gent. When they pivot again, #1Gent will be in front of
#1Lady. At all times, the #1Gent is dolphin-side of the #1Lady.
(After 16 beats, all four folk are back where they started;
the ONEs in the center, facing dolphin-side, Gent-before-Lady.)]
Circle left all-the-way(8). Nbr swing(8).
Gypsy-Star 4-places(8).
[Gent shake R-hands,
Ladies shake L-hands, ladies hand on top. Ladies back up, Gent fwd.]
Now TWOs Bal&Push-off back to place, while
ONEs swing in the center(8).
[ONEs end in the center, Lady
behind Gent, facing across, facing the Dolphin-side].
Dolphin-hey, ONEs (as a unit) split the above-TWOs(16).
Dolphin-hey, ONEs split the
below-TWOs(16), ending in a hand-4 with them.
Fidelity Reel
by
Bill Wellington.
[IMPROPER: Two gypsys]
Gypsy, then Nbr swing(8+8).
Long-lines(8).
Gents allemand-L 1.5 (8).
Gypsy, then swing partner(8+8).
With partner, promenade across(8).
Ladies chain(8).
Frederick Contra
by
Tom Hinds.
[IMPROPER:]
(“New”)Gents dosido(8).
Ladies allemand-L 1.5,
to change places(8).
Partner bal&swing(4+12).
DTHall line4, ONEs next to TWOs(6), turn as a couple(2).
Come back UTHall(6), bend the line(2)...
...Circle left 3-places(8). Nbr swing(8).
Friday Night Fever
by
Tony Parkes.
[IMPROPER:]
Nbr Bal&Swing(4+12).
Gents Allemand-left 1.5 (8).
Partner swing(8).
With partner, promenade across(8).
Ladies chain(8).
[Face partner] Square-Through
[Across the set:
Prtnr R-hand bal and pull-by(4+2);
w.nbr L-hand pull-by(2);
w.prtnr bal and pull-by(4+2);
w.nbr pull-by(2)],
to face new NBR.
Beth Molaro | Appalachian Storm.
Hay in the Barn
by
Chart Guthrie.
[IMPROPER:]
Nbr Bal&Swing(4+12).
Ladies chain(8). Ladies start half-hey(8).
Partner Bal&Swing(4+12).
Ladies chain(8). Ladies start half-hey(8).
Seth Tepfer | Tim&Friends.
Happy as a Cold Pig in Warm Mud
by
Mike Boerschig.
[IMPROPER:
Across from you is your partner; sweep eyes right to find your shadow.
(If no-one there, then your current nbr is your shadow.)
Teaching: Have ptnr-allemand end in short-waves, gents on the outside.
Drop hands, walk forward to star-L with shadow and friends.Identify ONEs/TWOs]
Nbr bal&swing(4+12)
Gents allemand-L 1.5,
partner allemand-R 1.5 (8+8).
Star-L(8) with shadow, shadow's nbr, and your nbr.
Partner swing(8) [on the ladies' orig. rail].
Circle left 3-places(8). Ring-bal, Cal-twirl(4+4) to
face new nbrs.
Dale Wilson | Band ?.
Happy Trails
by
Bob Isaacs.
[IMPROPER: Teaching, pass though one couple, to
have a previous couple.]
Gypsy Nbr, then melt into swing (8+8).
Cross-trails-through and swing previous Nbr (8+8).
Gents Allemand-L 1.5 (8),
swing partner(8).
Circle left 3-places(8).
Ring-balance(4), pass previous Nbr by R-shoulder,
current Nbr by L-shoulder to face new Nbr.
Heartbeat Contra
by
Don Flaherty.
[IMPROPER:]
Bal-the-ring then petronella(8).
Bal-the-ring, petronella(8).
Bal-the-ring(4). Nbr swing(12) on the side.
Ladies gypsy 1.5 in the middle(8),
partner swing(8) on the side.
Circle-left 3-places(8).
Ring-bal(4), California twirl(4).
Hank Morris | Contraversial.
Hey on the fritz
by
Jonathan King.
[BECKET:
[First, memorize DIR-PROG, to find new NBRs, for RH_star.
Now Becketize, hands in long lines, join at
ends to make a huge Oval. Partner in one hand, Shadow in the other.]
R-star all-the-way-around (8).
Shadow L-allemand(8).
Partner bal&swing(4+12).
Ladies chain(8).
Ladies start half-hey(8).
[As Gents finish crossing the set, melt into a...]
...Nbr swing(8).
Gents “Left-shoulder Hey”
[a half-hey](8). Gents pass L-shoulder, then R-shoulder with partner,
then looks right, and sticks out R-arm, ready for the star-R with new nbrs.
Each Lady
passes R-shoulder w.partner, then does a L-shoulder
gypsy with the other lady,
till she sees her partner's back; hook on to him and make a R-hand star
with New Nbrs.
Three videos of the dance being developed, to recorded music by Groovemongers:
2nd run (JK calling/dancing); taught as Becket dance,
24Aug2014.
1st run; taught as Improper dance, 27July2014.
3rd run, Becket; new music too slow, switched back to Groovemongers,
14Sept2014.
Improper: I-P
Jefferson and Lincoln
by
Seth Tepfer.
[IMPROPER: 1's arch, then backing up]
Circle left(8). Circle right(8).
Star-R(8). Star-L(8).
Long-lines(8). ONEs&swing(8), in the middle.
Line4 DTHall, ONEs in the center(4).
ONEs arch(4) [still facing down].
TWOs pop through(4) [facing up the hall].
All go up 2 by 2 [ONEs bkwards](4);
ONEs are facing their new NBRs.
Joyride
by
Erik Weberg.
[IMPROPER:
Pousette]
Gypsy nbr(8).
Mad-Robin [Gent slides-left behind nbr-lady as she
slides-right, all back to place](8).
Half-Pousette clockwise, Gents start backing-up(8).
Gents start half-hey, passing L-shoulder with other
Gent(8). [Ladies will end-up across the set.]
Gents cross one more time, passing L-shoulders (4), to
swing partner(12).
Ladies chain to nbr(8). Star-L all the way, to new nbrs(8).
Rebecca Lay | Magic Foot.
Judah Jig
by
Charlie Fenton.
[IMPROPER: Circle-into-star]
Bal&swing nbr(4+12).
Circle-left 3 places, swing partner(8+8).
Circle left(8). Hands-across R-hand star(8)
[i.e, both in same dir].
Ladies chain to Nbr(8), L-hand star(8)
to face new nbrs.
Dave Harvey.
Labor of Love
by
Kathy Anderson.
[IMPROPER: Alternating 1s/2s
Contra Corners. Note DIR-PROG.]
Nbr bal&swing(4+12).
Long-lines(8).
ONEs/TWOs
R-hand balance across the set, Box-the-Gnat(4+4).
[Gnat puts all the Gents on one rail, Ladies on the other]
ONEs/TWOs
turn Contra Corners(4+4+4+4).
ONEs/TWOs
bal&swing(4+12); End that swing facing original Dir-Prog.
[Push apart to step to opposite rails, to face a new nbr].
Adina Gordon | Crowfoot. In Quebec.
Karen Jackson | Playing with Fire.
Lady of the Lake
by
Larry Jennings.
Lefty Reel
by
Tom Hinds.
[IMPROPER: Single-progression.]
Allemand-L nbr 1.5 (8).
Ladies allemand-R 1.5 (8), to cross the set.
Partner bal&swing(4+12)
Circle left 3-places(8), pass thru to
Star-L with next couple [4-places](8).
Back to Orig.-Nbrs,
Star-R [4-places](8).
With new nbr, see-saw(8).
Mad Frederick
by
Jonathan King.
(2017Aug05)
[IMPROPER:]
[Face across]
With (“New”) nbrs,
mad-robin, Gents sliding left in front of nbr-lady(8).
[As ladies come back to place] Ladies snag R-hands
to allemand-R 1.5 (8),
Partner gypsy, [melt into a] swing(4+12)
[gents home side].
DTHall line4, ONEs left of TWOs(4), center-couple
Cal-twirl(4) [outsides turn alone to make G1,G2,L1,L2].
Come back UTHall(6), bend the line(2)...
...Circle RIGHT 3-places(8). Nbr swing(8).
Oak Hill Quickstep
by
Bob Nicholson.
[IMPROPER: 4-in-line, turn alone]
Down the hall, 4-in-line [ONEs in the center], turn alone(8);
come on back, face nbr(8).
Bal&swing nbr(4+12).
Ladies chain(8), then chain on back(8).
Long lines(8). ONEs swing(8).
Pooh Bear's Holiday
by
Robert Cromartie.
[Ladies cross the set]
Caller ?.
Papa, what's a good name for this dance?
by
Ruth King (age 5).
[IMPROPER: 16May2006: Created by Ruth E. King,
with help from her mother.]
Nbr Allemand-R (8).
Partner allemand-L [across the set](8).
Nbr swing(8). Ladies chain(8).
Ladies start a full-hey(16).
Star-L 5-places(8).
[Slide L-hand to L-hand with current nbr]
With L-hand balance, Swat-the-Flea, then spin-R to face new nbr(4+4).
The Pittsboro Pattycake
by
Gene Hubert.
[IMPROPER: ]
Allemand-R Nbr. Allemand-Left Nbr(8+8).
Nbr bal&swing(4+12)
Circle left 3-places(8).
Partner swing(8)
Ladies chain(8).
Star-L(8) [look for new Nbrs].
Scott Russell | Tomas Valenti, Tim Cape.
Princeton Petronellas
by
Bob Isaacs.
[IMPROPER:]
Nbr bal&swing(4+12).
Ring-balance, petronella twirl(4+4)
into partner L-allemand 1/2
into half-hey(8).
Partner bal&swing(4+12).
[On side with partner]
Hands-four ring-balance, petronella twirl(4+4)
to face [up and down] new couple.
With new nbr, L-allemand 1/2
into half-hey(8).
Called by ?.
Improper: Q-S
Rant and Roar
by
Russell Owen.
[IMPROPER:]
Nbr allemand-R once around(6), ladies cross the set
[passing right shoulders](2).
Partner swing(8).
Long-lines(8). Ladies chain(8),
and “start a full hey”.
[Ladies start] Full hey(8+8); end with gents facing
out, ladies facing in, in long wavy lines [actually, a wavy oval].
Rory O'More:
Wavy-bal, R-then-L(4), slide right and catch L-hands(4).
Wavy-bal, L-then-R(4), slide left and catch R-hands(4).
Beth Molaro | Band ?.
Reel Easy
by
Cary Ravitz.
Robbin's Favorite
by
Greg Frock.
[PROPER: Handy-hand]
ONEs step between TWOs
[TWOs facing up, ONEs down]
and handy-hand allemand 1.5 (8)
[Gents R-hand with each other, Ladies L-hand],
sending TWOs into the center to swing(8); then end facing down.
[The ONEs are facing up]
TWOs step between ONEs
and [with NBR] handy-hand allemand 1.5 (8).
ONEs swing(8); end facing down.
Line4 DTHall
[L-to-R 2Gent-1Gent-1Lady-2Lady]
ONEs in the center, turn alone(6+2),
UTHall, then bend the line(6+2).
Circle
left 1.5 (8+4),
TWOs arch, ONEs dive DTHall to next couple(4).
Rod's Grits
by
Bill Olson.
[IMPROPER: Box-the-Gnat into R-hand star]
R-hand-bal w nbr(4), box-the-gnat(4),
star-R 1x (8).
Rights-&-lefts across(8).
Ladies dosido 1.5 (8).
Partner bal&swing(4+12).
With partner, promenade across(8).
Circle left 3-places, then pass thru up-&-down(6+2).
Anne Marie Walter | Rhiannon and Friends.
Dean Snipes | Steamshovel.
Roll in the Hey
by
Roger Diggle.
Roll over Johannes
by
Becky Hill.
[IMPROPER: Down the River and Around the Bend]
Ross's Request
by
Mark Widmer.
[IMPROPER: Cozy line; Cloverleaf; Double-PROG]
Nbr bal&swing(4+12).
Long-lines(8). ONEs swing(8), step between new TWOs.
Down the hall four-in-line [ONEs between TWOs](4).
Everyone keeping hands joined, ONEs turn away from partner, and
TWOs wrap behind, to make a cozy line(4). Come back up the hall(4).
TWOs pass over ONEs, to form a cloverleaf.
Circle-left in cloverleaf formation(8).
Star-L [and progress to new nbrs](8).
Sarah's Journey
by
Gene Hubert.
[IMPROPER: Contra-stretch; Fours far
apart.
No balance on box-the-gnat.]
Box-the-Gnat with Nbr(4); Gents pull-by L-hand to cross the set(4).
Partner swing(8).
Circle left all-the-way(8); Dosido Partner(8).
Box-the-Gnat Partner(4);
Ladies pull-by L-hand to cross the set(4).
Nbr swing(8).
Rights-&-lefts across(8).
Star-L all-the-way(8), to face new Nbrs.
Jo Morland | Stringdancer.
William Watson | Joyride.
Sharon of the Green Contra
by
Jane Ewing / Bob Green.
[IMPROPER:
(SotG is a ECD by Bob, modified to SotGC by Jane.)
Nice flow]
Mad Robin (“New Robin ”):
with [new] nbr, the Lady passing-R in front of Gent(8).
Circle left(8), all way.
Ladies allemand-R 1.5(8). Partner swing(8).
Ladies start half-hey, Gents ricochet(8). Long-lines(8).
Star-L 4-places(8).
With current nbr, Mad Robin, ladies passing-L in front of Gent(8).
Cis Hinkle | .
ECD version:
Bob Green | Ragged Robin
Simplicity Swing
by
Becky Hill.
Sleepless at Pinewoods
by
Bob Isaacs.
[IMPROPER:
Identify gent's home side]
[R-L-Grand] Nbr1 pull-by R, nbr2 pull-by L, nbr3
pull-by R (2+2+2).
Nbr4 allemande-L, nbr3 pull-by R, nbr2 pull-by L(6+2+2).
[When you go out on the star, immediately face your partner
(don't change places), give R-hand to partner, and pull-by
in the R-L-Grand. When you return, then put the lady
on the right].
Nbr1 bal&swing(4+12).
Circle-L 3-places(6).
Partner swing(10) [on Gent's home side].
Ladies chain to Nbr1 (8).
Star-L [all the way round](8).
George Marshall | Wild Asparagus.
(private home) | Heather and Claire.
Small Potatoes
by
Jim Kitch.
[IMPROPER:]
With nbr, Bal&Swing(4+12).
R-hands-across--Star 1x (8).
[Orig: Circle-left.]
Ladies chain(8).
Ladies dosido(8). Partner swing(8).
Circle-left 3-places and pass thru(6+2), next nbr dosido(8).
Snow Dance
by
Gene Hubert.
[IMPROPER: Shadows.
Teaching: Pass-through one-couple so that folks have a couple to
look for. (As usual, put lady on right.)]
[New nbrs, hand-4]
Ring-balance(4), then ladies trade places passing R-shoulder(4).
Ring-bal(4), with nbr California twirl [to face a new couple].
With new couple circle-left(8)
[gents, your shadow is in your L-hand].
L-hand star(8).
With partner bal&swing(4+12).
Rights-and-lefts across(8). Ladies chain(8).
Ruth Pershing.
Darlene Underwood | Hotpoint.
Song in the Night
by
Gene Hubert.
[IMPROPER: Flowing.
Identify Gent's home side.
In each star, the Gent goes
about 3 places,
the lady almost 4 places.]
Nbr allemand-L twice round, then promenade across(8+8)
[Lady goes just 1.5, and Gent steps up behind her].
[Look to the right, make a L-hand-star
]
On Right Diagonal,
L-hand star(8) [note: your partner is in an adjacent star].
Come back to your partner and swing(8) on the gent's home side.
Partner promenade across(8).
[Look to the right, make a L-hand-star
] On right-diag, L-hand star(8).
Swing nbr(8) on side [each on his/her home side].
Long-lines(8), then face a new nbr.
George Marshall | Wild Asparagus.
Sweet Music
by
Amy Kahn.
[IMPROPER: Scoop the Lady]
Gents left allemand(8) once around, and keep
going. Scoop your partner [to cross the set]
and Butterfly Whirl(8).
Ladies start a full hey(16).
[As gents come back to their partner] Partner bal&swing(4+12).
Rights&Lefts across the set [courtesy turn](8), gent
roll-away the Lady, R-hand star(8).
[“Gents look left allemand.”]
Jonathan King | Barnstorm.
Caveman
by Jim Hemphill, is similar.
Improper: T-Z
Tailor Made
by
Kirston Koths.
Make slingshot, based on this.
Thanks to the Don
by
Ed Vincent.
[IMPROPER: Teaching: TWOs stay facing up, ONES step
between TWOs, give near hand. Handy-hand allemand, and TWOs flip-around
to face DTH in line4.]
Line4 DTHall, ONEs in the middle; turn alone(6+2) and
come on back(8) [and stay in a line4, all facing up].
TWOs hand-cast off the ONEs(4) [ONEs fwd, TWOs bkwrd].
ONEs gypsy in the center ≈¾ (4).
Nbr swing(8).
Circle left 3-places(8). Partner swing(8).
Ring-bal(4),
petronella twirl(4) [no time to clap].
TWOs arch, ONEs dive through(2),
with new NBRs handy-hand [mirror] allemand(6) to end
in line4.
The Baby Rose
by
David Kaynor.
[IMPROPER:]
Nbr Bal&Swing(4+12).
Circle-left 3-places(8). Partner DoSiDo(8).
Partner Bal&Swing(4+12).
Ladies chain(8). Left-hand star(8).
Jack Mitchell | Big Medicine.
The Cure for the Claps
by
Bob Isaacs.
[IMPROPER:]
Ring-bal, petronella(4+4), partner swing(8).
Ring-bal, petronella(4+4), nbr swing(8).
DTHall line4 [ONEs in the center],
turn alone(6+2), UTHall, bend line(6+2).
4-by-4 go down the floor
Circle left all the way(8). Ring-bal(4), Cal-twirl(4).
Bob Isaacs | Crowfoot.
Jonathan King | Flying Turtles.
The Bus Stop
by
Bill Olson.
[IMPROPER:]
Nbr bal by R-hand, Box the Gnat(4+4).
Star-R 3-places, into wavy-line across(8), ladies in center.
Bal-wave(4). Ladies allemand-L(4) into half-hey,
partners pass R-shoulders to start(8).
Partner gypsy, then swing(8+8).
Promenade across and courtesy turn(8).
Roll away with a half sashay [ladies roll left](2)
Left-hand star 3-places(6).
Jolaine Jones-Pokorney | Full Circle.
The Ritz
by
Gene Hubert.
[IMPROPER: Identify shadow!]
Star-R 5-places(8).
Allemand-L shadow(8) [Ladies turn over L-shoulder].
Partner bal&swing(4+12).
Long-lines(8). Ladies chain(8).
Ladies start a full-hey(16).
[Ladies turn left to enter R-star behind partner,
Gents turn right to enter R-star behind new nbr.]
Theory of Mind
by
David Smukler.
[IMPROPER: Face nbr, step diag.-L to form wavy lines across-the-set.]
Rory O'More(8+8)
[Wavy-bal R-L(2+2), slide right catch L-hands(4);
bal L-R, slide left, snag R-hands(8)].
Bal&Swing nbr(4+12).
Circle-left 3-places(8). Swing partner(8).
Ladies chain(8).
Lefthand star into a wavy line-of-4 with next nbrs
[all take RHs with nbr and ladies take LHs with each other](8).
United We Dance
by
Bob Isaacs.
Weave the Line
by
Kathy Anderson.
[IMPROPER: Double-progression. 3 sets of nbrs]
Lefthand star(8) [sugg.: wrist-grip star].
[Reverse] Circle-left(8).
[Hang on to your partner]
Veer left around NBRs#1, veer right around NBRs#2 (4+4).
[As individuals] DoSiDo your nbr#3 (8).
[Look behind you] Bal&Swing(4+12) nbr#2.
Long lines(8).
Actives swing(8) [“One's swing, Two's frame”.]
[Is this caller Tony Parks?].
Weave the Line [3P]
by
Kathy Anderson.
[IMPROPER: 3 sets of nbrs. Triple-progression.]
Lefthand star(8).
[Reverse] Circle-left(8).
[Hang on to your partner]
Veer left around #1NBRs, veer right around #2NBRs (4+4).
[As individuals] DoSiDo your #3NBR
1¼ into wave-of-four with ladies in the middle(8).
Balance-the-wave(4).
Swing-through [nbr R-allemand-½, gents L-allemand-½] (2+2).
Partner swing(8).
Long-lines(8).
Roll partner away with a half sashay(2), into a
righthand star(6) [going into lefthand-star with new nbrs].
What's good for the Goose is good for the Gander
by
Ruth King (age 10).
[IMPROPER: Gent roll-away Lady, L roll-away G at right-angles]
On side of set: With nbr,
Do-Si-Do 1.5 (8).
[Across the set]
With Partner, See-saw
[or left allemand] 1.5 (8).
On (other) side of set: Swing nbr(8). Ladies chain(8).
Ladies start a full-hey(16).
[From the hey go into] Partner-swing(8).
Goose-then-Gander move(4), couple ends facing up/down the set, facing their
current nbrs.
Then pass-through(4) to a new couple.
Goose-then-Gander move:
[Along the side, R-to-L] Gent rolls the lady away(2), then
Lady rolls the gent away [R-to-L](2), but he ends up across the
set, having traveled almost diagonally; then end as-a-couple facing
up/down the set, ready to pass through.
Wizard's Walk
by
Ruth Ungar.
[IMPROPER:
Do the Contra Stretch! Hands4,
identify ONEs, and DIR-PROG.]
Circle left halfway, ring-balance(4+4).
Circle left halfway, ring-balance(4+4).
In your rings-of-four, starting on the side:
Square-Through 4 places
[R-to-Nbr, L-to-partner, R-to-Nbr, L-to-partner](2+2+2+2) .
Gypsy Nbr 1.5(8) on the side, to progress.
Partner bal&swing(4+12)
.
End facing original-dir
[facing away from the couple you have been dancing with].
Wizard's walk:
ONEs separate and go down outside TWOs, meet and continue down to split next TWOs;
ONEs now separate and back-up outside those TWOs, meet and back-up through previous TWOs,
ready to form the circle to start the dance again
[TWOs should oscillate in and out to make room]
[Lizard walk variant:
the TWOs can move up the set and back to share the work with the ONEs.]
Ted Steele | ?.
At Scout house.
You Can't Get There From Here
by
Carol Ormand.
[IMPROPER:
Starts in short wavy-lines, Ladies in center]
Balance-the-wave(4),
Allemand-R 3/4 to form long waves, ladies facing in(4).
Balance-the-long-wave(4),
Allemand-R 3/4 to form waves across, gents in the middle(4).
Balance-the-wave(4). Nbr swing(12).
Circle left 3-places(8). Partner swing(8).
Circle left 3-places(8).
Dosido(8) current nbrs 1.5, to pass them, and form short waves
with new nbrs.
? | ?.
Becket dances: A-M
Beneficial Tradition
by
Dan Pearl.
[BECKET:
Double progression.]
(New) Ladies L-allemand(8), and swing partner(8).
Circle left 3-places(8). Nbr swing(8).
Ladies chain(8). Long-lines(8). [All are home now.]
Zig-Zag! [Four pull-bys, double progressing. The lady is
paralleling her partner, sort-of looking at his back.]
Pull-by-LEFT with current Nbr (Whoop!).
Pull-by-R with next Same-gender (Whoop!).
Pull-by-Left with next Opp-gender (Whoop!)
Pull-by-R with next Same-gender (Whoop!).
[Now: New-Lady L-allemand, not the one she just pulled-by with.]
[End: If no-one is there, stay put. Gents, when your partner is free for
L-pull-by, then pull-by-L with partner.]
[If extra couple at bottom, they line up becket, ready for the pull-by-R.]
Ryan Smistopher | Atcher, Beck, and Kahl.
A Different Way Back
by
Larry Jennings.
[BECKET: Slide-left progression]
[Slide left to new couple and]
Circle left 3-places(2+6). Grand-R-&-L in oval; start with nbr #1, R-L-R(8).
Nbr #4 allemand-L 2x
to reverse direction(8).
Nbr #3 allemand-R 1.5(8).
Nbr #2 Left-shoulder
gypsy 1.5(8).
Swing nbr #1(8).
Circle left 3-places(8).
Partner swing(8). [Slide left to new couple]
Steve Zakon-Anderson | KGB.
Taught 2:23, Danced 4:48.
Hinge Binge
by
Bob Isaacs.
[BECKET: Rev-progression.
Becketize, then: Take hands in long-lines. All
look-R; that is your direction of progression.]
Give-and-take to gent’s side(4). Nbr swing(12).
Circle-L 3-places(8).
Dosido partner 1¼ to wavy line across, Ladies in center(8).
[Note 1]
Balance-the-wave(4), hinge-circulate to long waves(4).
[Nbr is in R-hand.]
Balance-the-wave(4), hinge-Progress to new waves-across(4).
[Note 3]
Balance-the-wave(4), hinge-circulate
into your partner's arms.(4).
[Note 4]
Partner swing(8).
A Different Way Forward
or Friday at the Fool
or Hi there!
by
Seth Tepfer.
[BECKET: Double-progression]
[Nbr #1 is across from you. Look diagonal left for nbr #2.
Further diagonal left is #3, then #4.
(At end, nbr #2 is on
your same rail, to your right.)]
Long-lines(8).
Ladies allemand-R 1.5, diagonally(8).
Next nbr, #2, allemand-L 1.5 (8).
Next next nbr, #3, Gypsy by right shoulder 1.5 (8).
Next next next nbr, #4, Bal&Swing(4+12).
Circle left 3-places(8), then partner swing(8).
Seth Tepfer;
the two allemandes are switched L from R..
Becket Reel
by
Herbie Gaudreau.
[BECKET:
Your partner is
on one side of you, your shadow on the other.]
Allemand-L your shadow(8). Partner swing(8).
Ladies chain across and back(8+8).
On left diagonal: Right&left through(8).
Straight across: Right&left through(8).
Star left(8). Star right(8).
[...until you see your shadow...]
Linda Leslie | Band ?.
Chainsaw Orbit
by
Jonathan King.
[BECKET: Huge oval.]
Identify DIR-PROG, then Becketize. Now identify home-side.
[Same two] Ladies chain(8).
W. left-hand, gent leads
his nbr-lady into a Mad-Robin [sideways dosido](8).
Join hands into a huge…
…Oval right(8) [“Ovaltine”].
Oval left(8) [“Ovaltang”].
[Original foursomes]
Circle-left(8) [approx] 3-places.
[C'mon back with a] Left-Hands-across
star(8); at halfway round, Gents push off
[and walk fwd in Dir-Progr]
while
Ladies keep on allemanding halfway more, to progress.
[Ladies look right and] Allemand-R the
new nbr-lady coming toward her; simultaneously, Gents orbit CCW around
the ladies(8) [As two gents cross, I suggest passing
L-shoulders, interlocking their orbits.].
Partner-swing(8), on your original [home] side.
Chainsaw Reel
by
Don Lennartson.
[BECKET: Huge oval circle]
[Same two] Ladies chain(8). Long lines(8);
keep hands, and connect at the ends to make a huge oval.
Oval right(8) [“Ovaltine”].
Oval left(8) [“OvalTang”].
[Original foursomes] Circle-left(8).
[C'mon back with a] Left-hand star(8) all the way around.
[Ladies look right and] Allemand-R the
new nbr-lady coming toward you(8).
Partner-swing(8), on the side.
Jonathan King, Footloose.
Caller? | Band?.
Conveyor my Love
by
Jonathan King.
[BECKET: Has the conveyor-belt move]
Cows are Watching
by
Bill Pope.
[BECKET: (Rev-progression dance.) Id DIR-PROG.
Hands4, then rotate
Right one click]
Long lines(8). Ladies R-allemand 1.5 (8).
Nbr Bal&swing(4+12).
Bal-the-ring(4).
Gent rolls away his Partner, across the set
[from L-to-R](4), as he sashays R-to-L.
[He travels further than she, so as to start the weave.]
As a couple, weave left(4), weave right(4) [so you've gone around just
one couple].
Gents snag L-hands then
L-allemand 1x(8). Swing partner(8).
Chattahoochee Country Dancers (CCD, Atlanta).
Sue Rosen | The Figments.
Cis Hinkle | Troublesome Creek.
Du Quoin Races
by
Orace Johnson.
[BECKET:]
Balance-ring, pass through to an ocean wave(4+4)
[partner is in your R-hand].
Balance R-L again, allemand-R 3 places into long
waves (gents face out, ladies in).
Balance R-L(4), circulate(4); ladies cross, gents arc-R
[into his partner's place],
into new long-waves [ladies face out, gents in].
Balance R-L(4), circulate(4); gents cross, ladies arc-R.
Swing partner the side(8) [where you started].
Circle left halfway(4), roll away NBR
[with a half sashay] across the set(4).
Circle left halfway, roll partner
away [with a half sashay] along the side(4+4).
Circle left halfway(4), and slide-left along the set to face new nbrs
Caller ?.
Robert Cromartie | Footloose.
Jenny hits a tree
by
Jessica Ritts & Tom Wimmer.
[BECKET: Challenging]
Circle-left 3-places and pass thru(6+2).
New ladies Allemand-L 1.5 (8).
[Full-hey ricochet]
Pass partner by R-shoulder and Gents immediately ricochet,
Ladies hey across;
Gents hey across, Ladies ricochet (16).
Ring-bal, petronella(4+4).
Ring-bal, petronella(4+4).
Partner bal&swing(4+12).
Maliza's Magical Mystery Motion
by
Cary Ravitz.
[BECKET: Reverse proression]
[These] Gents allemand-Left 1.5 (8).
Nbr swing(8).
[Hang on to that NBR and] Promenade across(8).
Ladies chain(8).
Ring-balance, spin one place to the right,
as in Petronella, and turn alone to face a new nbr(8).
Form ring with new couple, balance, and spin one place to
the right(8).
Partner bal&swing(4+12).
LEAF Festival Spring 2011 #1
and #2.
March of the Coffee Zombies
by
Cary Ravitz.
[BECKET:]
Long-lines; backing, gents roll-away partner(8).
March single-file 3-places round(8) (as if circling right)
to meet new nbrs.
W.these Nbrs,
march 3-places round(8) (as if circling left).
Gents turn over R-shoulder and all form a wavy-line, Gents in center,
(#1 Gent facing Down) with partner in R-hand(8).
Bal-the-wave(4), Gents slide right one place and spin to face-in,
while Ladies slide right Two places and spin to face Nbr(4).
Nbrs gypsy and swing(8+8).
Gents allemand-L 1.5 to cross the set(8).
Partner swing(8).
My Right Hand Man
by
Roger Auman.
[BECKET:
In becket, hands in oval, Gent finds
shadow by looking-right, past partner and past next gent, to next lady.
Method: In becket, temporarily do a roll-away. Partner in one
hand, shadow in the other.]
Ladies allemand-R 1.5 (8).
Ladies lead half-a-hey(8).
Nbr bal&swing(4+12).
On Left-diagonal, Ladies chain to shadow(8).
Rights-and-lefts across(8).
Long-lines(8).
Partner swing(8) [she's in gent's L-hand].
Dan Black | Frontline Fiddles.
Donna Hunt | Nor'easter.
My Uncle Fred's Contra
by
Dean Snipes.
[BECKET: slightly altered in B2.]
[Your previous nbr is your
“flame”.]
Circle left 3-places(8). [On side of set]
Dosido nbr 1x and a bit more,
into short wavy lines across-the-set(8).
Balance-the-wave R-L, slide right catch L-hands(8).
[With nbr] Allemand-L 3/4 (4), gents walk to
next short-wavy-line
to allemand-R your “flame”(4).
With [current] nbr, Bal&Swing(4+12).
Star-right
3-places(6), melt in to a partner-swing(8), and slide-left to face a new couple(2).
Becket dances: N-Z
Not all Earthquakes are Andreas' Fault
by
Jonathan King.
(July 2013)
[BECKET: The Earthquake!
shakes you from
the-one-you're-swinging to swinging-the-next.
(Triple-Swing version, single-progression.)]
[Before becketizing: Id DIR-PROG.
Pass through up-down, takes hands4 with the next; these are
your current nbrs. Your Previous nbrs are behind
you. Now BECKETIZE.]
Star-R 3-places(8).
With new couple
,
star-L all-the-way(8).
[Face orig. Nbr; ONEs down, TWOs up]
Square-Through
[Nbr R-hand bal and pull-by(4+2);
w.prtnr L-hand pull-by across(2);
w.nbr R-hand bal and pull-by(4+2);
w.prtnr pull-by across(2)],
to face current nbr.
Swing curr.nbr(8).
Face away from the-one-you-swung, and swing the next(8)
[in your Dir-Prog.].
Circle-left 3-places(8). Partner swing(8).
Ceremonial Mirror
by
Jonathan King (June 2016).
[Rev-progr-BECKET: Turn foursome
1-click to the RIGHT. This is your home-side.]
[New] Gents Allemand-L 1.5 (8),
to swing Nbr(8).
Gents pass L-shoulder to start a full hey (8+8).
Gents cross the set,
passing L-shoulders, to gypsy partner and melt into swing(4+4+8).
Mad-robin-twirl, Gents sliding-right in front of
partner(8). [As lady returns to place, she does a 3/4
twirl, pulling R-shoulder back, to catch
her partner's L-hand, then stepping into the circle-to-the-R with
current NBRs.]
[Take Hands-4], Circle RIGHT all way, then Slide-right
[lady leading] to new NBRs(8).
Oval-teen
by
Jonathan King.
(July 2013)
[BECKET: At A2, explain the pattern:
Gents allemand-L, oval-right; Ladies allemand-R, oval-left.
In counting couples, count your own couple, when appropriate.
]
[Slide-left to New Nbrs to...]
Circle left 3-places(8). Nbr swing(8).
Gents allemand-L(8) [back to place].
Oval-right(8).
[You are across from your Partner, and same-gender Nbr;
they are couple #1.
Oval-R to past couple #2, #3, #4, and as you get to couple #5...
(opposite gender in #5 is your
“Distant Shadow”)
Gents stop, Ladies
get ready to...]
Ladies R-allemand with Lady #5 (8).
Oval-left(8) [back to your original four-some, facing your Partner].
Circle left 3-places(8).
Partner swing, and Slide-Left to face new Nbrs(8).
Princely Petronella Stars
by
Jonathan King.
(Aug. 2013)
[BECKET: Reverse--single-prog.
Before becketizing:
(We'll start with one couple out.)
Pass through up-down, takes hands4 with next nbrs.
(For me: Your Previous nbrs are behind you.)
BECKETIZE. In one hand is your Partner, the other is your SHADOW.]
[
Everyone: Look on the R-diagonal; after once though
the dance, you'll be across from that couple. And in just a moment,
you be swinging that
person on the R-diagonal.]
A “Petronella-star” is a conventional
petronella (ring-balance, twirl-right one place) but ending in a
L-hand wristgrip-star. A
“petronella-star 5-places-round” is relative to your
initial psn. You end up in the same place a
“circle-right 5-places ” puts you, but using 16 beats of music.
A “revonella” is a reverse petronella:
Ring-balance, then twirl-left one place.
A “Revonella-star” is a reverse petronella that ends
in a right-hand star.
And a “revonella-star
4-places-round” puts you back where you started.
[Your partner is in a different hands4.]
[Out at the end: Turn as a couple to face in.]
Petronella-star back to place, and one place more(8+8).
Swing your New-nbr; the person [on your side of the set]
in the adjacent star(8).
[At the end of the petronella-star, the lady is looking at the back of
her New Nbr's head, while the Gent rolls over his R-shoulder to see his new nbr behind him.]
Swing this new-nbr, then
[as a couple] slide-left, till you are
across from the couple that has your partner(8).
Gents snag R-hands and allemand 1.5 (8).
Partner bal&swing(4+12).
Ribbing Adam
by
Jonathan King.
(Aug. 2013)
[(New, Work-in-progress)
BECKET: Rev-single-progression;
so have the hands-4 rotate one click to the right.
Each Lady is on her Home side.]
With partner, promenade across(8). Ladies chain(8),
then give a R-hand to partner, across the set.
[Facing partner] Square-Through
[Across the set:
Prtnr R-hand bal and pull-by(4+2);
w.nbr L-hand pull-by(2);
w.prtnr bal and pull-by(4+2);
w.nbr pull-by(2)],
to face new NBR.
[With these new nbrs] Step immediately
into a short wavy-line across the set [Ladies in the
center], bal-the-wave(4).
Everyone spin/slide right, with Gents sliding
two places to snag L-hands(4).
Gents allemand-L 3/4 into a long wavy-line of
Gents in the center(4) [facing Partner], and bal-the-wave(4).
[Each Lady is at her Home, on the side of the set.]
Ladies: Bring home either your partner, or a Gent-in-Trade, and swing (4+12)
on the side of the set.
[Make sure to end that swing across from the couple that has
the lady from the short-wave.]
[Gent-in-Trade: Lady “Jane”
has:
On her L-diagonal is her previous-nbr lady. Across from Jane is current nbr-lady.
(Using hand-signals, telepathy, carrier
pigeons)
While the Gents are allemanding and balancing [8 beats of music], Jane agrees to trade
partners with one of these 2 ladies. In that case, Jane
takes the appropriate gent
–who is facing away from her–
and brings
him home to swing; he is Jane's new partner. (Jane's
trading-lady will take Jane's former partner home to swing.)
Lost-and-found is at the bottom of the set.
N.B: A trade causes the Gent to switch his direction of progression.]
Sealed with a Keith
by
Cary Ravitz.
[BECKET: Face partner, look past, there's your shadow.]
R&L-thru, across(8). On Left-Diagonal, ladies chain(8).
Circle left 3-places and pass through up and down(8).
Gypsy partner 1.5 (8).
Look away from your partner for your shadow to
allemand-L 1.5 (8).
Ladies pass right to start a 1/2 hey (8).
Turn to face partner, Bal&Swing (4+12).
Eric Harris | Hot Potatoes.
Barbara Ramlow | Crowfoot.
Snowball Shimmy
by
Seth Tepfer.
[BECKET:]
Circle-L 1x (8). Gents
allemand-R 1.5 (8).
With nbr, Bal&Swing(4+12).
Join hand in ring, Bal-the-ring then petronella twirl(8).
Bal-the-ring, then petronella-nella [twirl two places around the ring](8).
With partner, Bal&Swing(4+8).
Slide left to face Next Couple(4).
So Near and So Far
by
Bob Isaacs.
[BECKET:]
Across from you are your
old NbrS.
On left-diag. are
new NbrS.
Ladies pull by right [like ladies chain],
then w. old Nbr
allemand-L 3/4 (2+6).
Swing [new] Nbr (8).
[Gent is on home side.]
Circle left halfway, roll-away
partner-lady across the
set [L-to-R] (8).
[Gent has gone 3 clicks around circle.]
Circle left halfway, roll-away
nbr-lady along the set [L-to-R] (8).
[Gent has gone another 3 clicks around circle.]
Mad-Robin [sideways dosido](8)
[Gent slides right, in front of nbr-lady].
Gents L-allemand 1.5 (8).
Partner swing (16) [no balance].
Ted Hodapp | Contratopia.
Square Deal
by
Chris Page.
Take a Right on the Sunny Side
by
Dean Snipes.
[BECKET:
Wavy oval]
[Slide left] Circle left 3-places(8).
With Nbr, allemand-R 1.5 (8), into
long-waves, Gents facing in.[oval].
Rory O'More [wavy-bal, R-L, slide-right snag
L-hands, bal L-R, slide left, snag R-hands](4+4+4+4).
Nbr bal&swing(4+12)
Circle left 3-places(8).
Partner swing(8), slide-L.
Cis Hinkle | Free Association.
The Long Hello
by
Jonathan King.
(Aug. 2013)
[
(New,
Work-in-progress) BECKET: Reverse-prog.
Waltz-contra, or regular-contra]
Rights-&-lefts across(8).
On the Left-diagonal, Ladies chain(8).
Slice-right [long-lines going in diagonal-R];
slice-R back, and while backing-up, the Lady in the Gents right-hand,
puts herself into wrap(4+4); Nbr wrap
.
[The slices are so that nbr-Gents are lined-up to star-promenade]
Star-promenade to the other side(4) and ladies unwrap(4), so that
#1Gent-and-Lady are facing down, other couple facing up.
[Gents, pull against each other a bit, so that]
As a couple, slide-left a little and then:
With the couple that is
facing you [your partner is in it]
Circle-left halfway(4);
as you arrive, the Lady in the Gent's Left-hand, his Partner,
puts herself into wrap(4) [as she arrives at her home rail];
Partner wrap
.
Star-promenade all-the-way around to the Gent's home side(8).
Lady unwraps into a partner swing(16).
,
[In honor of the marriage of
Sidney & Lainey,
and of
Donny & Shauna.]
[Takes a move from Tailor Made
by Kirston Koths.]
Tailor Made,
called by Jack Mitchell | Footloose Trio.
Three Ceremonies
by
Adriane Moser.
[BECKET:
Slide-left to Ladies chain.]
[New] Ladies chain(8), into
Mad-Robin(8) [Ladies slide-L in front of NBR].
Ladies pass right to start a full hey (8+8).
Ladies cross the set,
passing right shoulders, to swing partner(4+12).
Long-lines(8). Circle left all way, then Slide-Left
to new NBRs(8).
Jonathan King (no-walk-through)
| Montage.
Jolaine Jones-Pokorney | Barnstorm.
Wingnut Whirl
by
Allan Brozek.
[BECKET:]
Line4 DTHall, ONEs on the left, turn as a couple(6+2).
Line4-UTHall, bend the line(6+2).
Circle left 3-places, pass-thru(6+2)
[ONEs pass down, TWOs up],
and swing the next(8).
Gents allemand-L 1.5 (8),
scoop up partner in star-promenade to other side of set(4), and
butterfly whirl(4).
Ladies dosido(8), swing partner(8); end facing DTHall.
Gaye Fifer.
Winter in Summerland
by
Jeff Spero and James Hutson.
Woven Waves
by
Cary Ravitz.
[IMPROPER: Gypsy star]
Nbr balance&swing(4+12).
Ladies walk forward to a wavy-line in the middle(4); bal R-L(4).
Ladies stay in place while Gents walk fwd to a wavy-line in middle(4).
[There are now two interlinked but separate wavy-lines]
Everyone balance R-L(4).
Gents drop L-hands and ladies drop R-hands to form a
gypsy star.
Gents walk fwd and ladies bwd, to turn the star 3/4 (8).
Partner swing(8) on the gent's home side.
Circle-left 3/4 and pass through up and down(8).
New NBR dosido(8).
(Ravitz: “In A2, gents taking R-hands below the ladies' hands
makes the eventual transition to a swing easier”)
Danced to moody music.
24th of October
by
Don Lennartson.
[BECKET: Circulate]
Long-lines(8). Ladies chain [to nbr](8).
Left-hand star [4-places](8)
[this is the progression].
New nbr allemand-R 1.5
into a wavy-oval around the set(8), Gents facing in.
Balance the wave(4).
Circulate(4) into a new oval
[Gents cross to Prtnr's place; Ladies arc right into Nbr's place].
Balance(4).
Circulate(4) [Ladies cross, Gents arc].
Balance(4).
Circulate(4) [Gents cross, Ladies arc].
Partner swing(8).
Diane Silver.
Four-facing-four [mescolanza]
Cortland Fancy
by
David Smukler.
[4-FACING-4:
]
Short-lines, F&Back(8). Four-Ladies
chain(8) [hands-across star]. Power-courtesy-turn to
face across.
Ladies chain across the hall(8).
Power-turn to face up/down [face partner], Ladies chain
to partner..
[You're a couple facing a couple] These four, star-L(8).
Come back with a star-R(8).
[Hands-eight] Circle-L halfway(8).
Partner swing(8), to face DOProgression.
Dance All Night
by
Rick Mohr.
[4-FACING-4]
Short-lines, F&Back(8). Swing corner(8); end in
square formation.
Ladies star-R all-way-round(8) [back to their corner gent].
Allemand-L your corner, [all-way-round] till you face
your partner(8).
[Give R-hand to partner, pull-by] Grand-Right-and-Left(10).
Partner dosido(6).
Partner bal&swing(4+12), end facing Dir-Prog..
Sarah Van Norstrand | Perpetual E-motion.
Gaye Fifer | Mean Lids.
Devil's Backbone
by
William Watson.
[4-FACING-4:]
The end-lady in each short-line [i.e on the R]
is the Leading lady. After the L-hand star, the lead-lady
is looking at the back of a Gent in the other flock. His psn is her “Target”.
Remember Original Direction.
[The Gents end every swing facing this direction.]
Short-line, F&Back(8).
Up/down: In little-groups-of-four, ladies chain(8).
Star-L all-way(8).
“Lead Ladies, lead your flock”(8).
Lead-ladies pass right-shoulders, as their stars
unroll behind them. She leads her three ducklings to the other side,
occupying the four positions of the other flock (she ends at her Target).
As they arrive, each flock takes hands-4, ready to circle.
[Hands-4] Circle-left all-way(8).
Nbr swing(8); end facing up/down. [Face your partner.]
Up/down: Gents allemand-L 1.5 (8).
Partner swing(8); end facing Original Direction.
Susan
Moffett | The Coffee Zombies.
See: Notes
Hey the line
by
Tom Calwell.
[4-FACING-4: Step forward to the left for a wavy line of 8]
Balance the wave(2+2), Ladies allemand-L halfway(4),
pass partner by right to start Hey-for-eight(8).
Continue hey until you meet your partner(8), Partner
swing(8); end with center couples facing sides and outside couples facing
center. [becket]
[Hands-4] Circle left three-places, nbr swing(8+8).
Balance the ring(4), partner roll away(4), Balance the
ring(4),
walk forward [i.e, pass through, passing R-shoulders](4)
to form wavy line with new nbrs.
Jack Mitchell | Party of Three.
Holy Cow Moly
by
Brian DeMarcus.
Coconut Cream Pie
by
Lynn Ackerson.
[4-FACING-4: (
Any number of folk
may join a star, even in a different line.)]
Lines-of-four, foward and back(8).
Center 4 folk, star-R one time around, back to place(8).
Partner allemand-L 1.5 (8).
Now: Other 4 folk, star-R back to place(8).
Partner bal&swing(4+12)
[Hands-8] Circle left halfway(8).
Balance-the-ring, California twirl (4+4)
Dana Parkinson | Syncopaths.
Fast Living
by
David Kirchner.
[4-FACING-4:
In short-lines, your “buddy”
is your same-sex partner-in-crime. Id DIR-PROG.]
Short-lines, Fwd&Back(8).
“All four ladies, chain halfway.”
The four ladies do a righthand-star, halfway round, courtesy turned by nbr(8).
End facing across, facing the couple containing your buddy.
Ladies start a full-hey(16), across.
Nbr bal&swing(4+12), the person from the courtesy-turn.
Gents star-L halfway, to partner(4); swing partner(12);
end facing Dir-Prog.
Major Hey
by
Erik Hoffman.
[4-FACING-4, Becket.
(Take hands4 with couple
in front of you, turn it one click to the left.)
Before becketizing, identify your
“Travel Buddies ”
in your short line4.
Crooked tune, 16×5=80 beats]
Circle left 3-places(6),
Pass thru
to a new set(2), to
Swing your new nbr(8).
[End in BECKET, facing partner, next to nbr, in two groups-of-four.]
[Four] Long lines, fwd&back(8).
Gents allemand-L 1.5 into(8)…
a long Wavy line of eight folk, your partner in your R-hand.
Rory O'More [wavy-bal, R-L, slide right catch
L-hands, bal L-R, slide left, snag R-hands](4+4+4+4).
Major [or Half] Hey-for-Eight(16).
Partner bal&swing(4+12); end in Becket formation.
Cis Hinkle | Band? .
Petrozilla
by
Marty Fager.
[4-FACING-4:]
2c
B3
1d
A4
.
Short-lines, forward and back(8).
Swing your Corner(8).
_c2_
1__d
B__3
_4A_
.
(The lady in gent's L-hand)
“All four ladies, chain halfway.”
_A2_
1__B
d__3
_4c_
.
The four ladies do a righthand-star, halfway round(8), courtesy turn.
Hands-8, Petronella: Ring-balance(4), and
Petronella spin one place to the right(4).
_2B_
A__3
1__c
_d4_
.
Partner bal&swing(4+12)
_B2_
1__c
A__3
_4d_
.
(Stand like a square,
Heads 1,3, Sides,2,4, CCW: 1,4,3,2.)
Sides pass-through and turn alone(4).
Heads pass-through and turn alone(4).
“Sides pass, heads pass!”
_4d_
c__1
3__A
_B2_
.
Hands-8, Petronella(8)
d_1
4_A
c_2
3_B
;
end
(“Look, behind you! ”)
facing Dir-Prog.
WarmUp
by Jerry Blum, Patti Gutwein, John Lenarduzz,
Kathryn C. Millis, Josh Moses, Dave Notman,
Bill Olson, Kate Power, Cary Ravitz.
[4-FACING-4: Has the “Awful Ladies” move.]
In line facing you. The couple on the diagonal has your
1st-nbr. In the couple across from you
is your 2nd-nbr.
You are facing your “Original Direction”.
Gents, you have 3 swings, each ending facing a
different direction. Your Partner-swing ends facing your
original direction.
Lines-of-four, foward and back(8).
Up/down: In little-groups-of-four, ladies start a half-hey(8).
“All four ladies, chain halfway.”
The four ladies
do a righthand-star, halfway round till they see their first-nbr(8).
Swing that nbr(8), ending facing across the set (i.e, like in long lines).
In your new little-groups-of-four, gents allemand-L
1.5(8) to your second-nbr.
Swing second-nbr(8),
ending facing Reverse Direction.
Face your partner, hands-4, circle left.
[Up/down in your new little-groups-of-four]
Circle left 3-places(8).
Swing partner, end facing Original Direction, in your line-of-four.
Squares
Intro:
[Pause](8). Bow to your partner, and bow to your corner too(8).
Join hands in a great big ring, circle to the left is what-you-do(16).
Circle-to-the-left to-the-left to-the-left(8), and back to the right you
go(8). When you get back home …
…Swing your own(16).
Promenade, you go two-by-two. Promenade promenade that's what you do.(16)
Intro 2:
[Pause](8). Bow to your partner, and bow to your corner too(8).
Wave to one across the across the way, and Gents Go Swing Her!(16).
[Gents swing their opposite.] Now go back home, and…
…Swing your own(16).
ONEs Arch, All promenade(16).
Break-that-Ring:
Circle-to-the-left to-the-left to-the-left(8), and you break that ring
with a corner swing(8).
[New corner].
(Done 4 times. 4×16=64.)
Break:
Four-ladies chain [R-Hands-Across Star]
and the gentlemen change [with a]
courtesy turn(4+4). (Done 4 times.
4×8=32; Gents pull-by with Right-hand.)
Corner L-allemand(4), Partner do-si-do(8), Corner L-allemand(4),
Partner Pull-by!, Grand-R-and-L(16),
[When you get home] Swing your own!
Ladies-to-Center:
[4x32=128 beats to return to partner]
[Having just swung partner]
“Ladies to center, back to back”(8).
Ladies step to center, and face out.
“Gents go round, the railroad track”(8); gents walk CCW
around the ladies.
“L-Elbow-round the one you swung”(8).
“Swing the next one on the run”(8)
GS Intro/End:
Sides-Face! Grand-Square!: 1-2-3-turn 1-2-3-turn 1-2-3-turn
1-2-3-Reverse (4+4+4+4)
1-2-3-turn 1-2-3-turn 1-2-3-turn
1-2-3-Reverse (4+4+4+4).
(Total: 16+16=32)
Partner-swing(16), [Circle-L, Circle-R OR
Into-the-center twice]
[Thank your partner, thank the set.]
Synchro-Break:
[Enter the break by promenading home, Gents face out, ladies in.]
[Better with a non-mixer square. Teach just the
Heads, then just the Sides, then combine. To walk across, (veer) Left,
Fwd, Fwd, Right.]
In wavy circle, Gents-facing-out, Ladies-in, with partner in R-hand.
Balance-the-wave(4), circulate(4).
[Folks who-face-across, walk across, passing R-shoulders, synchromesh.
Folks facing-out, pivot to psn of person who was in R-hand.]
(Done 4 times. 4×8=32.)
Partner swing(8). Corner do-si-do(8), face-your-partner, Pull-by!,
Grand-right-and-left(8)
End1:
Corner, L-allemand(8). Partner, R-allemand(8).
Corner, you swing(8). Partner, do-si-do(8); face your
partner…
…pull-by!, Grand Right-and-Left(6); when you see
your partner, Box-The-Gnat(2), and come on back…
pull-by!, Grand Right-and-Wrong(8), till you get back home.
Swing your partner(8). And in to the center with a great big shout(8)!
[Thank your partner, thank the set.]
Kimmswick Express
by
Gene Hubert.
[Square-
keeper]
HEADs/SIDEs go forward and back(8).
HEADs/SIDEs Right-and-Left through(8).
HEADs/SIDEs
circle left 3-places and pass through(6+2).
Dosido the one you meet 1+¼ to
wavy-lines [ladies in the center]
at the SIDES/HEADS.
Bal-the-wave(2+2).
[Swing through
]
All R-allemand(2), Gents
only L-allemand(2), swing partner(8).
Promenade home(16).
Teach 1:04. Dance 3:07.
Nils Fredland | Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, Owen Morrison.
Uptown Downtown
by
TRAD.
[Square-
keeper:
Good for ONEs arch, All promenade
]
Couple-#1 Go Uptown
[move to couple-#3 and join hands-four]
bring'em on down
(4+4).
[Still in hands-four]
Send'em back
[move back to #3's place].
#1's split the #3 couple(4+4); separate.
Go around the Town
[Go outside around back to place](8).
Meet at home
, R-elbow swing, twice around(8).
Corner allemand-Left
ya'go(4), Partner swing(12)
[Everyone] Promenade till ya get back home(8+8).
(Dance: 3:31) Nils Fredland | .
Jonathan King | (recorded) The Great Bear Trio.
Star at the sides
by
Tony Parkes.
[Square: Mixer.]
HEADs/SIDEs go forward and back(8).
HEADs/SIDEs dosido your opposite(8).
Face the
SIDEs/HEADs,
hands-4, circle-L(8). [Same-4] Star-R all the way round(8).
Center-4 Lefthand-Star all the way round(8).
Swing your corner(8); this is your new partner.
Promenade the the Gent's home(16).
Synchromesh Square
by
Tony Parkes.
_c3_
4__B
d__2
_1A_
[Square: Mixer. Gents, your current corner will be
your new partner.]
All Four-ladies chain, courtesy turn(8), couple
promenade half-way round(8).
_c1_
2__B
d__4
_3A_
HEADs
pass through, turn alone(8).
_3A_
2__B
d__4
_c1_
Hands-8, circle-L halfway(8).
_1c_
4__d
B__2
_A3_
Diagonally, Gents cross, passing right shoulders(4),
face right and promenade two clicks [CW] around the
circle(4) [to where the two ladies were].
__3_
___2
4___
_1__
Meanwhile, Ladies wait 4-beats, then cross diagonally with
the other ladies(4), to arrive in the gents' arms.
[Gents cross, Synchromesh!
]
Swing your New Partner(8).
_B3_
4__A
c__2
_1d_
Promenade to Gent's home(16).
[Do you know the title?]
by
??.
Called by ?.
Gluten Free Square
by
Tom Hinds.
Seth Tepfer | Syncopaths.
Seth calls a peppy square.
Circle mixers
Banjo's Mistress
by
David Smukler.
[Circle-mixer waltz: Couples start in circle, Lady-on-the-right]
All fwd (2 measures), all back (2).
Circle left(4).
All fwd (2), all back (2).
Half sashay to trade places with partner [lady sliding left in front](2).
Say farewell and then courtesy turn the next lady(2).
Promenade this new partner(4), end facing partner [Gents facing out].
Back away from partner, Gents backing toward the center(2), balance R&L [yeminite](2).
Come forward, partners do-si-do(4).
Waltz with partner(4), end by opening up to face center.
Circassian circle.
[Circle; optionally a mixer:]
In-to-Center, back-out(4+4). In-to-Center, back-out(4+4).
[As gents clap] Ladies to-Center, back-out(4+4).
[As ladies clap] Gents to-Center,
gents turn, come-out(4+4).
Partner swing(16).
Promenade(16).
[If mixer desired: At end of B2, Gents can progress]
Danced.
Danced at 1:18,
to Zelda.
Ely Waltz
by
Colin Hume.
[Pronounced “eel lee”.
Circle-mixer waltz, double progression:
Couples start in big circle,
with Lady on the right. Parenthetical-numbers count triple-steps.]
Circle left(4). Circle right(4).
R-Hand turn partner(3), move on passing R-shoulder(1).
L-Hand turn the next(3), move on passing L-shoulder(1).
Give R-Hand to #3, bal. fwd-and-back(2); box the gnat(2).
Bal. fwd-and-back(2); do a wide Petronella turn single, ending gents
facing out, ladies facing in(2); flowing into...
Do-si-do this new partner(4).
In ballroom position, waltz around(4), opening up w. lady on right,
hands joining in a big circle.
Fischle's circle-mixer
by
Heiner Fischle.
[Circle mixer:]
Cir-Left(8). In-to-Center, back(4+4).
Cir-Right(8). In-to-Center, back(4+4).
Allemand-L your corner 1x(8).
Partner dosido(8).
Grand right-and-lefts, four pull-bys (2+2+2+2).
Swing #5 (8).
La Bastringue
[Circle mixer:]
In-to-Center, back(8). Again(8).
Cir-L(8), Cir-R(8).
Gent turns LH lady to him, swing(4+12).
Promenade(16) with swing-hands-out/in.
2008 California State Fair.
Lucky Seven.
[Circle mixer:
Lost&found is in the center]
All circle left(16).
In-to-Center, back(4+4).
In-to-Center, back(4+4); end facing partner, along the circle..
[Give R-hand to partner]
Grand chain until you meet 7th person.
(2+2+2+2+2+2+2), twirl this 7th-lady(2).
Swing your new partner(16); end with hands in circle.
Tune segs nicely from
Zelda to
The Moon & Seven Stars.
Haste to the Wedding
[Sicilian circle] [JK:modified].
[Danced/Played]
Lordags Waltz.
[Circle-mixer waltz: Couples start in Varsouvienne
psn, in a circle of couples, with the gents on the inside.]
F:=Fwd. Pattern: FBFF×4.
Danced 0:06.
Pensacola Rollaway
by
Rick Mohr.
[Circle-mixer contra-music; waltz works too.]
Partner dosido(8).
Allemand-R partner 1.5 (8).
Pass #2 by L-shoulder (2).
Gypsy #3 [end between #2 and #3](6). [All] Circle-left(8).
Gents roll lady #2, from L-to-R; she continues,
rolling into her partner's arms(4).
Partner swing(12).
Partner-Promenade (15).
Ladies loop-back (1) [to meet new partner; former #2].
Rotary Waltz Mixer.
[Circle-mixer, facing your partner along the circle.]
[
Music: Straight waltz.]
Pull-by-right, pull-by-L, pull-by-R, pull-by-L;
grand R&L. [Use joined L-hands to end in Varsouvienne psn.]
Varsouvienne promenade.
[On last 3-count, Gent uses L-hand to CW-twirl Lady into ballroom psn.]
Ballroom-psn waltz, couples advancing CCW around the circle.
Continue waltz; on last, Gent twirls lady to place her
R-hand in his R-hand.
Demo.
Silly threes.
[Circle mixer: Lost&found is in the center]
Make lines of three [holding hands] facing CCW around the circle
like spokes on a wheel. If you are between two people then you are a
MIDDLE; else you are one of the two SIDEs; you retain this name through
one cycle of the dance.
Promenade in lines-of-three CCW(16).
Circle-of-three: Circle Left, Circle right(8+8).
MIDDLEs swing the one who [is] ___(8)
[tallest, curliest hair, youngest, who can stick the stomach out the
farthest, who can jump the highest, thinking of the color purple etc…]
[the cute one... the cuter one]
MIDDLEs swing the other one!(8)
SIDEs make a Both-Arms arch and all the MIDDLEs run through all the
arches around the circle until the music stops.(16)
SIDEs capture the closest MIDDLE to make a new line.
[Decide who’s going to be the new MIDDLE.]
Spanish Waltz
[Sicilian circle].
[Danced/Music]
to tune:
Haapavesi Waltz.
Sunny side mixer
by
Heiner Fischle.
[Circle mixer:]
In-to-Center, back(4+4). Cal-twirl(2), cir-Left
sunnyside out(6).
Backwards in-to-Center, out(4+4). Cal-twirl(2), then
face partner(6) along the set.
Weave the ring (2+2+2+2). Swing #5 (8).
[As couples, CCW] Promenade around the ring(16).
Dances/Composers
